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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. Provost Marshal Crowder has issued regulations under which men of the new national drmy will be called to the colors beginning on September 1. The regulations map out the whole program to be followed until every soldier of the selective draft army has been accepted by the adjutnnt general of the training cantonment to which he is assigned. Two hundred thousand of the first 087,000 men will be called up to September 1 and forwarded to the camps selected for them by September 5. The whole business of assembling the levies at entraining points, providing them with shelter, food and transportation and giving them their actual induction into military life is intrusted to the civil-i!in local boards which are selecting them for service. With the issuance of the regulations covering the calling of the new national army recruits and their transfer from private life, General Crowder took ji hard swing at men who would dodge war by claiming "dependents." He telegraphed the governors of all states tonight directing that local boards "reduce discharges for dependency to a far more restricted class and to very necessitous and clearly defined circumstances. This step of the Provost Marshal came about through reports that in some districts as high as 80 per cent of the registrants claim discharge on the ground of dependent kin. Andrew Bonar Law, the government spokesman in the house of commons, told the members of the lower house yesterday that the government had decided that permission to attend the international socialist .conference at Stockholm would not be granted to British delegates. Mr. Law said: "The law offices of the crown have advised the government that it is not legal for any persons resident of his majestys dominions to engage in, a conference with enemy subjects. Therefore, permission to attend tlie Stockholm conference will not be granted. The same decision has been made, by the governments of-the United States, France and Italy, with which his majestys government has been in communication. September 1, the day on which the first quota of the national army is called into service, should be marked by patriotic observance, says Provost Marshal General Crowder in a statement to the American people: On September 1, he said, the first quota will be called into service. These men are going forth to fight for; their country. Each community from which they volunteer should show in. a fitting manner its appreciation of their patriotic service and sacrifices. I suggest patriotic ob-scrvancesjmark the day. I ask that the saloons be closed. And will the fellow citizens of the volunteers go with them to the stations to wish them God speed. From Ottawa comes word that Canada has placed restrictions on the use of wheat in the manufacture of alcohol. The message reads: Definite regulations prohibiting the use of wheat in the. distillation or manufacture of alcohol have been promulgated by order in council at the instance of the food controller. The serving of beef and bacon is prohibited, on1 Tuesdays and Fridays and at more than one meal on any other day. Substitutes such as, corn bread, oat cakes and potatoes must be provided at every meal at which white bread is served. Possibility of important government contracts being impeded seriously by labor disputes virtually eliminated by the creation of a special commission with extraordinary powers to settle industrial troubles. The council of national defense, "which recommended the board, will award contracts only to those who shall abide by the decisions of the board and require pledges of their employes to do so. Members of the hoard will soon be selected. There are to be nine of them, three representing the government, three employers anil three labor. The semiofficial Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung denies the existence of the telegram alleged by James W. Gerard, the former American ambassador at Berlin, to have been sent by Emperor William tq President Wilson in August,. 1914,, when the German emperor is quoted as having asserted that Belgiums neutrality "had to be violated by Germany on strategical grounds." . Through the courtesy of the war and foreign ; offices, a staff correspondent of the Associated Press lias been permitted to visit the American troops at their billets in England. They were found encamped in a valley in which white tents extended jis far as the eye could see, with British officers and squads of noncommissioned officers intensively training them. The situation in Palestine this summer is the most serious since, the war began. A scheme for the looting- of ; Jerusalem is already being executed and throughout .the countryside the Turk has embarked on a calculated policy of plundering and killing the native inhabitants, so that if they are forced to ,vacate the country they will leave behind them a desert. Twenty-three persons, including nine women and Bix children; were killed and fifty persons were injured at Southbend, in Essex, forty miles east of London, by bombs dropped, from German raiders Sunday, says an official statement. Considerable damage to. property was caused by the nearly forty bombs dropped upon the town. The government will take over this years entire wheat crop, if necessary, in order to conserve the Bupply for Americas fighting forces and. the allies, and reduce costs to .consumers of this country, according to an announcement of Herbert Hoover regarding -the policies of the fo5d administration of wheat", flour and bread. Approximately 22,000 Chicagqans in the National army will go into service by September 30, according to an announcement made in Washington yesterday by Provost Marshal General Crowder. Thirty per cent of the whole army will entrain for camp September 5, 30 per cent September -15, and 30 per cent. September 30. Five American passengers were lost when the British steamer City of Athens struck a mine and went down near Cape Town, South Africa, on Aug. 10, according to todays state department dispatches Ten other passengers and four - of the crew also wee lost, the dispatches say. A Japanese mission to the United States arrived here today. It was headed by Viscount K. Ishii, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and ;was received by a State Department staff headed by Breckinridge Long, third assistant secretary of state and by city officials. About 50,000 pounds of cigar tobacco will be raised this year-in Hawaii. After several years of failure improved methods of curing and packing were introduced, and at present a successful future for Hawaiian tobacco is predicted. Sinking of the American steamer Campana, a Standard Oil tanker, with the probable capture of her captain and four members of the naval guard by the attacking German submarine, has been announced by "the Navy department. Since the beginning of the war Japans production of opium has increased as a result of the reduced imports of chemicals and medicines. The output last year showed a gain of 2,535 pounds over that J of the previous year. Orders were issued this afternoon by Harry Hoffman, county marshal, that the 600 strike breakers Jield at Selsa, Mp., must be moved out of Jackson County, which includes Kansas City, within the next ,twenty-four hours. American rubber products have made large sales in Australia since the outbreak of the war, ,314-935 worth of these commodities being imported from the United States in -the year ended June 30, 4916. ..
